Baby&#39;s and young child&#39;s sleeping garment



Jan. 12, 1932. A. N. DOOLEY I BABYS AND YOUNqw' CHILD'S SLEEPING GARMENTFiled May 51. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet I III It'll-Ill gwuewtoac inn NellieDod y Jan. 12, 1932. A. N. DOOLEY BABY'S AND YOUNG CHILDS SLEEPINGGARMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 31. 1930' gwumtoz Patented Jan.12,1932

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ANN NELLIE DOOLEY, or" wrmrrneron.nonrn oenomna BABYS AND YOUNG CHILDSSIIEEPI NG GARMENT- Application filed May 31.14930. @zserialanonesaszo.I

This invention relates to improvements in sleeping garments andparticularly to a sleepmg garment for bables and young chlldren.

The primary object of the present invenof material thus forming theinner and outer tion is to provide a garment which will keep the childwarm and will prevent the childs body from getting uncovered. V i

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment so designed thatthe lower portion thereof may be separated from the upper portion or theportion surrounding the torso so that frequent changing of the lowerhalf of the garment is possible.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a garment of theabove described character which is closed at its lower end and adaptedto be secured to the sides of the bed and thus prevent the child rollingfrom the bed.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing'of the drawings but may be changed or modified so longas such changes or modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claim.

1n the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in plan of the sleeping garmentembodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed view of one side of the neck portion of thegarment.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the lined-e of Figure 1. r

Figure 5 is a detailed view of the portion of l the garment where theupper and lower halves are joined together showing the method ofconnecting the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts through the several views, thegarment, as clearly shown in Figure 1, comprises an upper or torsoencasing portion which is indicated generally by the numeral land alower orllegencasing portion which is indicated generally by the numeralAs shown .the portion lllS inthe formoif jacketiand this ismade of a.double thickness walls 3.and 4 respectively between which cot: ton-woolor eiderdown 5 is placed, the inner andhouter walls being stitchedtogether as lshownso that the jacket portionwill not be Zbu'lky,

In practice the jacket is formed in two 1 parts, .that is a front :and arear section or part,'these parts'bemg oined over ltheshoul- .ders bythebinding G-andat the sides by the bindings Q7. The reinforced .or padded.portion ofthefjacketl is formed-to .provide the short sleevelets 8 andto each of these there 1s. attached asleve-Qof light weight material,

that is of @material of :ordinary thickness but not .paddedlikethejacket. The ends of the sleeves 9 arelprovided with drawn up tapes 10 sothat theseends may "be secured about the wrists of the wearer'and willthus prevent .a1r striking the arm and will also prevent the sleeve fromworking up on the arm.

The binding 6- at one sideof theneck opening 11 of the jacket isterminated short of the edge of the neck opening as shown in Figure 2 sothat a short split 12 is formed, each end of which has attached theretoa tape 13. By

providing this slit at one side of the neck opening the childs head maybe passed easily through the opening and the edge thereof may then bedrawn about the neck by tying together the tapes 13.

The lower edge of the jacket 1 has a binding lt thereabout andsurrounding the jacket ton flannel and has a binding tape 17 about u thetop edge thereof.

The bottom of the skirt is closed and is stitched across to form a hemthrough which is run a pair of tapes 18,the ends of which extendoutwardly from the sides of the skirt in the manner shown in Figure 1.

The binding tape 17 about the top of the skirt has a number of straps ortapes 19 attached thereto which are tied to the tapes 16 carried by thejacket, as shown in Figures 1 and 4.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that a-childclothed in a night dress of the character embodying the presentinvention may be kept completely covered throughout the night and eventhough the bed clothes are not kept over the torso the padded jacketportion 1 of the dress will 7 keep the body warm. By-making the skirtportion 2 detachable, the jacket may be worn for a relatively longperiod before laundering while by providing several skirts of thecharacter shown a clean skirt portion may be attached to the jacket ateach wearing.

It will, of course, be understood that the sleeves 9 may be made ofsufficient length to enclose the childs hands so that when the tapes 10are drawn up, the entire hand will be covered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A babys sleeping garment, comprising a. jacket portion and a skirtportion, said jacket portion being formed of relatively heavy paddedmaterial and having relatively short integral sleeves, relatively lightsleeve portions attached to said integral sleeves, and means for drawingup or closing the outer ends of the light sleeve portions.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ANN NELLIE DOOLEY.

